"Your Highness..." Hu Nayin called Zhu Su. "Do you still open the recruitment for your research project?"
Concentrating on riding his horse on the dark road, Zhu Su did not turn his face to Hu Nayin who sat behind him. "Why do you suddenly ask that?"
"If I recommend someone to become a member of Team of Wellbeing, are you willing to accept him?"
"If that person has a good qualification in medicine, of course I will accept him."
"Ah, of course, this person is very brilliant. He is still young, but he is very smart, and more, he is the son of an Imperial Physician. He has a great passion for medicine, his love is so great that he won't care about any obstacles in front of him, he will exert his efforts to realize his passion. You will definitely like him."
"Oh? Hearing your words, it seems like I will like him!..."
"His name is Deng Linping, and he is one of them who walks behind us."
Zhu Su was surprised. He turned his face behind, looking at Hu Nayin curiously. Hu Nayin looked back at him seriously.
"Do you mean, one of those Bai Lian Jiao members is the candidate you are proposing?"
Hu Nayin nodded. "Perhaps you are interested in meeting with him?"
Zhu Su immediately understood what Hu Nayin meant. "Stop here!" He shouted.
"Fu Wang, what's going on?" Zhu Youdun asked in surprise.
Zhu Su climbed down his horse and helped Hu Nayin to climb down too. He looked at the six Bai Lian Jiao members, then asked, "Who is the candidate you are talking about?"
Hu Nayin approached Deng Linping. "This guy, Your Highness."
Both Mrs. Deng and Deng Linping jumped in surprise as Zhu Su walked over to them.
"Are you Deng Linping?" Zhu Su asked.
Deng Linping nodded. "Yes... Your Highness."
"Wang Fei told me that you have a very big passion for medicine?"
"That's right. I really like medicine, if I can heal a sick person, I then get an immeasurable satisfaction from it."
"And you are the son of an Imperial Physician? Which Imperial Physician?"
Mrs. Deng's face turned purplish white. She gave Hu Nayin an angry look, as if said "I am so kind to you and trust you so much, but is this how you repay us?!"
"That... er..." Deng Linping seemed to be difficult to give answer.
Hu Nayin herself quickly noticed that the atmosphere had turned awkward, and knew that she had offended a very sensitive area. Trying to break the awkwardness, she added, "When I came to their house, I fell ill, and Brother Deng has managed to heal me."
"Oh? So, you heal Nayin?" Zhu Su got more interested. "What kind of disease did you get, Nayin?"
"Errr... that..." Hu Nayin's face flushed in embarrassment. In fact, she was embarrassed to reveal this problem, that would make her like a fool. But... saving people is more important. I have to save this mother and son. So even if it makes me like a fool, I still have to tell this!
Thus, Hu Nayin described in brief about the light trauma she once suffered, how Deng Linping healed her, and it was he who encouraged her to return to Kaifeng and approach Zhu Su.
But unlike what Hu Nayin feared before, Zhu Su had no way of considering Hu Nayin's "stupidity". He had got obsessed with the fact he knew just now. Everything related to medical science soon caught his whole attention and he would ignore other things outside it. "Not only you are very smart, you have also helped Wang Fei. You should not be treated in this way, in fact, I have to give you the reward you deserve." He waved to one of the soldiers. "Untie him."
"Now I am working on a research project to help Kaifeng people who suffer from natural disasters and famine. The project requires the help of those who are smart and passionate in medical science like you. Do you want to take part in my research?"
Deng Linping's eyes sparkled in an instant. "Re... really, Your Highness?!?..."
Zhu Su nodded.
"I will get a high position in healthcare institutions?!"
"Of course. Once my project is finished, you will become a hero who has greatly contributed to medical science, and people will thank you and remember you for all time."
"Ah!... Then... I am willing to do it, Your Highness!..."
"You can't, Linping!"
Mrs. Deng's loud voice soon made her become the center of attention. Mrs. Deng's brows furrowed and she looked very furious.
"Mommy?! Why do you prohibit me?! Don't you say that you allow me to study medicine?"
"But not to work for the government! If you want to work for the government, even if not in the health sector I still won't give permission!"
Hu Nayin joined in the conversation. "Mrs. Deng, I dare to assure you, His Highness really honors smart people, especially in medicine. He will not behave the same way as the former Emperor!..."
"Wang Fei!" Mrs. Deng screamed, very loudly. She indeed tried to stop Hu Nayin from continuing her words, but she failed. Hu Nayin ignored her and kept speaking. Because according to her opinion, if they wanted to solve this problem, they could not avoid telling their past.
"His Highness is open-minded, open to suggestions and constructive criticism, and easy to forgive. You can see it by how he treats me. The former emperor wouldn't forgive the concubines who hurt him even a little? So, look at this difference. Linping's fate will be different from his father's!"
Suddenly Zhu Su realized what actually happened here. Apparently, this mother and son had also been treated unfairly during the reign of his father, he just had not yet got what exactly it was. Earlier Nayin said that this boy is the son of an Imperial Physician, then she also said that his fate will be different from his father?... That means, the key point is in this boy's father?!
"Who is your father, Boy?" Zhu Su asked Deng Linping. "Tell me. Maybe I recognize him."